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Forage Crops

HCS 412
Spring Quarter, 2005

Plant and Seed Identification (Images)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Species Latin name
Plant (29)
Seed (32)
Legumes  
1
Alfalfa
Medicago sativa
ü
ü
2
Red clover 
Trifolium pratense ü ü
3
White clover
Trifolium repens
ü ü
4
Alsike clover 
Trifolium hybridum
ü ü
5
Sweet clover
Melilotus indica
ü ü
6
 Crimson clover
Trifolium incarnatum
not tested not tested
7 Birdsfoot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
ü ü
8
 Hairy vetch
Vicia villosa
ü ü
9
 Crown vetch
Coronilla varia
ü ü
10
Kura clover
Trifolium ambiguum
not tested not tested
11 Korean lespedeza
Kummerowia stipulacea
Lespedeza stipulacea
not tested not tested
Cool Season Grasses
 
12
Orchardgrass
Dactylis glomerata
ü ü
13
Kentucky bluegrass 
Poa pratensis
ü ü
14
Tall fescue
Festuca arundinacea
ü ü
15
Perennial ryegrass
Lolium perenne
ü not tested
16
Annual ryegrass
Lolium multiflorum
ü not tested
17
Festulolium 
Festuca arundinacea x Lolium perenne
Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne
not tested not tested
18
Reed canarygrass 
Phalaris arundinacea
not tested ü
19
Timothy
Phleum pratense
ü ü
20
Smooth bromegrass 
Bromus inermis
ü ü
21 Quackgrass  Agropyron repens
Elytrigia repens
ü ü
22 Crested wheatgrass  Agropyron cristatum not tested not tested
Warm Season Grasses
 
23
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
ü ü
24
Big bluestem 
Andropogon gerardii
ü ü
25
Bermudagrass 
Cynodon dactylon
ü not tested
26
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
not tested not tested
Other species
 
27
Rye (cereal rye)
Secale celeale
ü ü
28
Wheat  
Triticum aestivum
ü not tested
29
Plantain  
Plantago lanceolata
ü ü
30
Chicory  
Chicorum intybus
ü ü
31
Rape  
Brassica napus
ü not tested
32
Brassica (forage turnips)  
Brassica rapa
ü ü

ID Plants - growing in Kottman G4
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